Surfs Up! by BtB

Photography • Sports • posted on Feb 08, 2007

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This is one of the first shots I took with my (then) new 300mm lens, which I used at full extension. It was taken on Trigg beach in Perth, Western Australia. The blur was added in Photoshop to create a little extra movement. Oh, and sorry for the cheesy title.

Comments (22)

MrsLubner

1:00PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Great shot! Great postwork! :-)

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rainbows

1:02PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

An excellent action shot. I like, very much. Diane.

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Rausen

1:05PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Nice shot and focus, the water seems to wet everyone that spectate this one! Is it zoomed?

BtB

1:24PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

The zoom blur (if that's what you mean) was done in photoshop, not with the lens.

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DarkPascual

1:29PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Really cool!!!

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busi2ness

1:54PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

The zoom blur was excellently applied to focus attention on the surfer.

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FriedaFelicia

1:55PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Wow, so much action in this capture.

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valdimar11

2:45PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

WONDERFUL capture! Going straight to favorites!!! :-D

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Loloe

2:50PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Excellent action shot!!!and great postwork! Bravo!!!

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mark.spooner

4:26PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Magnificent action shot!!

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babuci

4:32PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

Motion captured in a perfect way

Valerie-Ducom

5:35PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

wowwww, so beautiful picture and excellent timing and color !!! :)

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Biffowitz

9:34PM | Thu, 08 February 2007

The zoomed blur gives it a great sense of movement, whilst keeping the surfer in sharp focus. Great idea and a cool capture!!

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MaydaMason

12:33AM | Fri, 09 February 2007

the zoom effect fits perfectly! excellent timing and congrats for your new zoom lens :)

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Zacko

8:45AM | Fri, 09 February 2007

Awesome actionshot!!! Perfecly composed with the surfer not in the center. And your postwork, adding that zoom-blur was just a stroke of genious! #:o) Have a great weekend. #:o)

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st_fish

3:42AM | Sat, 10 February 2007

Excellent shot and made even better with the postwork! BRAVO! 8;o)

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kimariehere

8:01AM | Sat, 10 February 2007

incredible action shot love it!!!... wow!!!

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amberlite

11:45AM | Sat, 10 February 2007

really comes at the viewer!! nicely done!

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ClawShrimp

6:23PM | Sun, 11 February 2007

I think this is a great shot, but I do have one teeny tiny criticism. While I appreciate the direction you took with your post-work, I think to anyone that is a seasoned Photoshop user this will look too deliberate. I know its a punchy shot, but the obviousness and somewhat abrasiveness of the zoom does, for me at least, detract from what was an incredible photograph. I think if the effect were toned down slightly it would have worked infinitely better.

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